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Question from Linda: I’m looking for a new laptop Rick and I’ve noticed that the new ones on the market today don’t come with an optical drive.
I have hundreds of CDs and DVDs that are filled with photos that I need to access on occasion so my new laptop needs to have a DVD drive.
I know I can buy an external DVD drive, but I’d prefer to have it built-in.
Why on earth are they making laptops without optical drives? [Read more…]
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Question from Sarah: I’m getting ready to order this new laptop from Amazon and I have a question about it.
This laptop comes with 16GB of RAM but I can get the same machine with 32GB for about $50 more.
Do you think it’s worth paying an extra $50 to double the RAM? Will I even need 32GB? [Read more…]
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Question from Ben: Everyone I know that recently bought a computer ended up buying a laptop instead of a desktop computer.
Since no one is buying desktops anymore, why are they still bothering to make them?
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It’s no secret that Apple’s iPad line of tablets have amazing touch screens and quite functional virtual onscreen keyboards.
However, it’s also no secret that most people find it much easier to type using a full screen physical keyboard and “tapping” doesn’t give you the same level of control you can get with a mouse.
For most typical “tablet” tasks the iPad’s virtual keyboard and touch screen work just fine, but if you do a lot of typing and/or image manipulation you might be better off attaching a physical keyboard and mouse to your iPad so you can use it like a laptop. [Read more…]
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Question from Erica: I have a question about the cooling fan in my Dell laptop.
When I’m using the laptop I rarely hear the fan at all.
However, when my son is playing his games the fan speeds up for several seconds and then slows back down at random times.
It sounds really awful when it speeds up like that.
My question is do I need to have the fan replaced? [Read more…]